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the fastest seeker · 09-03-2014, 08:54 PM

The greenhouses are where lessons usually take place. But when there are no lessons being held, they are a place for students to come and get some grardening, researching or looking around done. This would actually make Professor Walton happy.

However, you will notice that there are seven greenhouses. In each one a different variety of plants is being kept. The ones that are easy to deal and work with are in the lower-numbered ones and as the number goes up the plants become more dangerous and would require more experience and credibility to handle. So you won't need permission to access greenhouses from one to four but you will need Professor Andrew's permission to access the greenhouses five, six and seven.

As you enter whichever of the greenhouses you will see rows and rows of plants neatly tidied and positioned in an accurate spot in regard of sunlight. A few of them will occasionally need to be turned around, trimmed and taken care of and that's what you will find Professor Andrew doing should you run into him. He also will be roaming around keeping an eye out on things and people.

You are not allowed to harm any plant in any way. You must always be prepared for anything and if you need the Professor's help all you have to do is call for him, he's either in his office or in one of the greenhouses. Also, you do not need to bring equipment with you because in each one of the greenhouses there is a cupboard that has everything you might need; gloves, robes, shovels, pots of all sizes, cultivators, fertilizers...etc.

OOC: -You do have to RP getting permission to access the greenhouses five, six and seven. And please be realistic, a firstie won't be allowed to be near dangerous plants without assistance.
-Please do not let your character damage anything because Andrew WILL deduct points. Still, this is a place to have fun besides learning, so enjoy it!
-If you need Andrew just title your post so that I will post for you.

hermionesclone · 11-07-2014, 03:33 PM

One plant down, some more to go.

How many more did they have to treat? Because Grayson was all up for treating just the one and nipping out again for some snacks or possibly a nap. The boy didn't remember seeing a specific number set out by Walton on the noticeboard either. Just that they should treat these bad boys.

But as he started packing up his things -- which wasn't much -- his eyes found the other sick plants in there and something started nagging him at the back of his mind. Something that told him that he should stay and at least try to care for the others just because. And even as he made for the door, something about leaving didn't feel right.

Being nice freaking sucked. He needed to do something to make up for this. Like annoy someone.

Letting out a small groan and rolling his eyes, the boy turned around again and started heading back to the sickly plants. Fine. FINE. Could he just do the one or two more, then? There were two here, both of which looked pretty sickly to him. Concentrating on one, Grayson bent down and started examining the plant, gently brushing leaves aside to have a good look at it all.

The first one? Small and kinda had some dark spots on it here and there. Easy.

MudInMyBlood · 11-07-2014, 04:30 PM

It was safe to say that AJ was on a plant healing role. She had finally found her groove, and she wasn't minding this homework assignment as much as she first thought she would. You could even hear some humming coming from the lion. There were still several more plants that needed to be saves, but she was only one person. It was time to do another walk through.

AJ circled around the plants once more, but this time there was a little more pep in her step, and she actually started to skip. There was a tiny little plant that made her stop in her tracks. This was the tiniest that she had seen. The plant that she thought was a baby before had nothing on this little guy. The plant got scooped up and brought back over to where she was working.

Not only did the plant need fertilizer, and water, it was clear that, that wouldn't be enough. Oh no, AJ was going to have to use magic on this one. Ahem. Now that her throat was all cleared it was time to give it a go.

"Herbivicus." No, no, no. She was afraid of this. AJ always had problem with her spellwork and this little guy needed to get big and fast. "Herbivicus." It was working. The little guy was growing. She actually felt good about saving his little plant life.

AJ made another name tag up, and smacked it on the plant. This one too was put over in the sunlight where he could hopefully to continue to grow into a nice big, healthy plant.

SPOILER!!: AJ's log

hermionesclone · 11-07-2014, 05:07 PM

As always, Grayson was very confident in treating this little plant. Lulz, little. No, but he was. He knew he could do it, which stemmed from his level of self-confidence. It wasn't a bad thing either to be self-confident. It was just a funny thing to laugh at Gryffindors -- the ones he didn't like, mind you -- when they had too much self-confidence and ended up doing something stupid.

ANYWAYS. The plant.

After checking it yet again for any more signs of damage, the fifth year drew out his wand and pointed it at the plant. "Herbivicus!" he called, drawing three little mountain-like shapes with his wand. The Slytherin scrunched up his eyes at the sudden light and didn't open them again once he was sure that the light had vanished.

And the plant?

Not tiny anymore, THAT'S for certain.

That's it, grow like you're meant to. When it stopped, Grayson picked it up and moved it over towards an area of less sunlight. Because dark spots meant lots of sunlight was hitting the plant and it didn't like it. Balance and whatnot. Grabbing some fertiliser, he sprinkled some onto the soil near the plant before casting the water spell over it. Small trickles. Nothing major.

Scribble... scribble... scribble...

Quote:

Grayson Whitlock
Fifth Year
Slytherin

And onto the plant the tag went. Done? He was done. Two plants healed by Whitty.

SarcasticStrawberry · 11-07-2014, 07:16 PM

Cinna headed back over to pick out one more plant to work on. She found another late bloomer. At least this one didn't as much work as the last. She took the plant over to the workstation. She sat it at eye level to check over it for any other problems that maybe.

Nothing. Good she wasn't going to have to do a lot to this one. "Herbivicus!" Drawing three mountain shapes at the plant. There look at that mature looking plant. She looked at it again. Making sure that the plant was still good now that she could see it better.

Everything still looking good. She walked over to the fertilizer got some of it and bought it back to the plant. "Aguamenti!" Giving the plant a good watering. Then she tossed some of the fertilizer over the plant. She made another label with her name, her year and house attached it to the plant. Carrying the plant over to the sun with the other plants. Now she was done. She was going to go get something to eat after all of this. Yep.

hermionesclone · 11-07-2014, 08:20 PM

One more plant.

One more sick plant to heal and then he was DONE.

Heading back to the place where he had found the two sick potted plants, Grayson started examining the other one for signs of damage. The fact that there were two sick plants near each other could be a sign, couldn't it? One got sick and passed their disease or whatever it was onto the other one. Freaking rude, much? This one clearly needed to be moved, too.

But what else? It was kinda short too so there was that. It had fewer dark spots than the previous one but it also had some curled up leaves here and there. That would need to be trimmed off, of course. Couldn't leave something like that on the plant.

Since he had the problem figured out, it was time to get down to business. First came the leaves: those curled up ones needed to be cut off so he cast some severing charms here and there. Did it matter if he cut off a really good leaf? Probably. It was kinda hard with the smaller leaves and the leaves that were hiding behind bigger leaves but it didn't matter to him.

Once he'd gotten rid of as many curled up leaves as possible, Grayson pointed his wand at the plant and said, "Herbivicus!" Three small mountain-like shapes. This was a little easier with practice and the number of times they had had to cast this spell so he was dead pleased when the plant started shooting up. Not by a large amount but eh, that would do.

Taking hold of the plant, he carried it over towards an area of a little less sunlight than the previous spot. There. The dark spots should go away sometime soon, mkay? Some pesticide was sprayed onto the soil because if this disease nonsense had been started by pests, they needed to pay for it. It was no good passing things on like that. Fertliser was sprinkled in and some water was added on top. Just because.

Quote:

Grayson Whitlock
Fifth Year
Slytherin

Text Cut: Log

Done.

He was DONE!

FINALLY.

Govoni · 11-07-2014, 11:17 PM

As everyone was sure to know...Gabriel Banner was not the biggest fan of plants.....BUT what he was even less fond of....was having to be artistic under duress. The options for the homework had been laid out for them to choose: care for some plants or draw something....and with it not being something related to graphing paper or historical architecture, Gabe's hands were tied.

To the greenhouses it was, then.

Dropping his bag at the door...lest something crawl into it, who knew....he carefully slipped into his gloves. He wasn't excited about this. He didn't want to be here.....and it was obvious...Plants scared him. It was true.....What if one of the gentle, tame plants evolved into RAWR! flesh eaters without the teacher's notice?! It'd kill him and no one would be the wiser.

Cringe.

Spotting a grouping of what Gabe knew to be Dittany, he carefully approached...checking that his theory hadn't been truth. He didn't see any teeth. That...was a good sign.

As they'd done in the lesson, he put a name tag in place just in front of a particularly shabby looking one, with some pretty gross looking leaves, and sat. Safe plants. He'd just work with these, thanks.

Steadying his wand....and making a face, Gabe tried to keep what healthy greenery he could....but it was difficult. There wasn't much that didn't look terrible. And with this plants, the leaves were the most important part, since it was used for healing purposes. He'd read about a tea made from them once.....

The slicing wasn't perfect....as he Diffindo'd his way through the diseased foilage. The cause.....he was going to guess...had to have been over-watering. That, in turn, probably made the roots a mushy mess....and that, as an effect, killed the leaves.

Once he'd finished, Gabe jotted some things down. Log reasons.

natekka · 11-07-2014, 11:27 PM

SPOILER!!: Gabe

Clara had obviously opted for the artsy option for homework.

Playing on her skills was something she liked to do.

However, she had decided to go along to the Greenhouses to see what people were up to. There weren't that many people; it appeared that some were leaving, but one looked like one was just arriving. Gabe. After their run-in the kitchens things had become slightly less tense. There was a little less friction between them ... but only a little. Hm. "Hey, Gabe." Clara approached him cautiously. "Herbology homework?" She asked, masking the sarcasm in her voice. Obviously it was homework, she knew that.

Govoni · 11-07-2014, 11:39 PM

.......Right.

Of course, Gabe wasn't finished with the plant. It needed some other 'care' after losing so many of its leaves.....but.....what? He considered his options, glad for the peace and quiet of an almost empty work area. He coooooould....shell, he definitely didn't want to water it right now...

OH.

He could set it directly in the sun? Without removing it from the greenhouse, that would help in drying out the soil a little bit....but, well, it wasn't as immediate. He could....repot it? New soil, new fertilizer....buuuut, honestly, that was too much work to consider....and Gabe wasn't comfortable enough with plants in general to attempt that.

The growing charm, then?

Would that help the over health of the plant, though?

Deciding that by science standards....it was always best to try and fail...than to never try...Gabe raised his wand against the practically bare dittany plant and breeeeeeathed. It was just a wave of his wand...and no one was around to zee him fail if he did.

"Herbivicus." Wave!

......and nope. He was focusing, Clara Wilde.

natekka · 11-07-2014, 11:48 PM

SPOILER!!: Gabe

Rude.

Clara would have been more offended by the fact he wasn't acknowledging if it wasn't for the fact that she could see how determined he was. There was a certain look in his eye that she'd seen before. Perhaps it was his 'I must ignore Clara' look, but she didn't think so. It definitely looked more like his concentration face. So, just this once, she'd respect his wishes to work uninterrupted. What she wouldn't do would be to leave. Instead, she moved to an empty work area near him and watched him.

His concentration amused her.

Govoni · 11-07-2014, 11:59 PM

Oh, it had worked. First try......It wasn't really that shocking for Gabe since he usually had success in these endeavors...even with a Herbology based spell. It wasn't too complex or required much thought. Just simple visualization and the confidence that no one was watching...sans Clara Wilde.

She didn't count, though. She was always there.

Logging that in his notes, and lightly watering it, Gabe moved onto a second poorly plant with dry, cracked-looking leaves. This could've been so for a number of reasons...as he went through his mental catalog. Not enough water, suffocated roots due to bad soil....Too muc sunlight?

So......

What could he do to fix it?

Gabe considered just watering the thing...since that was the most logical course of action. Aguamenti, then.

Raising his wand, Gabe muttered the spell, picturing the water flowing from his wand tip. It doused the dry soil, discoloring and darkening where the water touched...Uh, should he do something else to it?

ArianaBlack · 11-09-2014, 07:14 PM

So Zander had a plan. And it had been brewing for quite some time. And by that, he really meant that it had been in his head since he came to complete the homework. The poor plants were being treated horribly in Professor Walton's care. He was probably yelling at them and mistreating them and making them really sad just for trying to ~~love~~ do what plants do. So being the ultimate master mind that he was, Zander decided that he was going to take it in his hands to save the plants from the evil wrath of horrible Professor Walton.

HA TAKE THAT!

So sneaking into Greenhouse two-- which wasn't much of a problem considering he didn't even need to get permission for this one-- he got down on the floor and crawled over to the corner where he put his plants from before. Checking the name tag just to be sure, he smiled at the confirmation. Right then, step two. Quickly taking the name tags off the two small plants, he stuck them on to two other ones nearby, disposing of the nametags that were previously on them. There. Now Zander didn't look suspicious.

Then, unzipping his jacket, he hid the two plants within it and started making his way towards the greenhouse door. HEHEHE. He'd be back for more later.

DuckyLinJi · 11-09-2014, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

So Zander had a plan. And it had been brewing for quite some time. And by that, he really meant that it had been in his head since he came to complete the homework. The poor plants were being treated horribly in Professor Walton's care. He was probably yelling at them and mistreating them and making them really sad just for trying to ~~love~~ do what plants do. So being the ultimate master mind that he was, Zander decided that he was going to take it in his hands to save the plants from the evil wrath of horrible Professor Walton.

HA TAKE THAT!

So sneaking into Greenhouse two-- which wasn't much of a problem considering he didn't even need to get permission for this one-- he got down on the floor and crawled over to the corner where he put his plants from before. Checking the name tag just to be sure, he smiled at the confirmation. Right then, step two. Quickly taking the name tags off the two small plants, he stuck them on to two other ones nearby, disposing of the nametags that were previously on them. There. Now Zander didn't look suspicious.

Then, unzipping his jacket, he hid the two plants within it and started making his way towards the greenhouse door. HEHEHE. He'd be back for more later.

He had accidentally left his text book in the greenhouses after the previous lesson and although he didn't really care about it, he had paid for it. Or rather his mother had. So he needed to get it back. He walked on the path towards the greenhouse two, holding his hands in his jacket pockets to keep them warm.

As he arrived at the greenhouse, he pulled one hand out of his pocket to open the door but it was already being opened from the other side. He blinked his eyes a few times and looked at his ~~only~~ friend. And then down at his jacket.

"Wow, you've gotten fat" he blurted out.

ArianaBlack · 11-09-2014, 08:46 PM

SPOILER!!: OHMYGODICANTBREATHE !!

And just as he was about to make his grand escape, he reached for the door, pushed it open, and O___________O!!! PROFESSOR WAL--

Kevin?

HUH?

The Gryffindor just stood and blinked for a couple of seconds. Well, that could have gone terribly wrong.

"Shhhh! No one can know that I was in here!" he looked around oh-so-subtly to make sure there was no one else in the Greenhouse other than himself and the third year. No one could know!! Then turning back to Kevin, he let out a small sigh. "And I didn't get fat, Kevin.... I'm" more looking around in case, you know? "smuggling some plants out of here," he figured if anything, Kevin would have to be proud of him. Defying the rules and such. It was kind of exhilarating actually. Only, he wasn't doing it to defy the rules so much as to save the poor plants.

He carefully opened up one wing of his jacket, revealing the smaller plant of the two he was smuggling. "See?" Plants. Nothing more, nothing less. And then, he looked at the other Gryffindor rather suspiciously. Was Kevin here to tell on him? Because that was totally going against everything bro code. "Anyways...What are you here for?" he asked trying to sound more confident than he was nervous. Okay, so maybe he may have confused the exhilaration for a feeling of super nervousness!!

DuckyLinJi · 11-10-2014, 10:26 AM

SPOILER!!: rule-breaking Zander, oh my!

No one could know that he was here? Why not? the Greenhouses weren't a restricted area so he should be able to walk here right? Or had they changed the rules without him knowing? Not that he would actually care if he was breaking the rules now or not. But then Zander explained himself a bit and showed the plants under his jacket.

Kevin's expression went from confused curiousity to a misschievious grin. "Mr. Adair, i thought better of you, stealing on school property! That's against the rules you know!" but while he said this, his grin widened and he actually looked proud. "I taught you well" he nodded his head.

Why he was was here? Not to cause trouble for a change heh. Just getting his textbook but Zander's reason of being here was for more exciting. "Do i need a reason to be anywhere?" he shrugged. "Tell me, are you stealing the plants because you want to take revenge on Professor Walton because he's not as..." he suddenly changed the pitch of his voice and placed his hands on his cheeks, mimicking a shy school girl with a major crush. "pretty and beaaaauutiful as Bentley?"

Yes, Kevin Hirase was acting CUTE . And it was horrifying. He snickered before he went back to his old self. "No but seriously, why?" why the plants? out of everything he could do...why the plants? or had he missed something? "And do you need to steal more plants? because i'm totally up for that"

ArianaBlack · 11-11-2014, 07:27 AM

SPOILER!!: Cutesy Kevin *dead*

Zander wasn't really sure what to make of the look that Kevin was giving him. One minute it was all confused... The next minute he looked interested... And then... Like he wanted to join in the effort? Well, either way Zander's expression was probably even more confusing. He was both excited and nervous at the same time even though he really didn't even know what that meant. It was a different kind of rush, doing something against the rules. But also, it was super risky and what if Wicked Walton walked in and caught him in the act-- which could happen at any moment so of course there was that fear!!!

The Gryffindor looked at Kevin with disbelieving eyes. If anyone were to enforce school rules, Kevin would most certainly be the last person for the job. But that grin, that grin definitely gave it away, and Zander could finally let out a breath of relief. Had he really been holding that in the whole time? Whoops. In response, Zander just let out a light chuckle, still being perfectly careful about the noise he was making, trying to keep it at a low. In case. Maybe Kevin did teach him well? Maybe even a little tooo well. Boy, this was starting to scare him! The younger Gryffindor was really having an impression.

But then came the important questions. The ones Zander wasn't really sure how to answer. Though essentially he was stealing the plants out of fear that Wicked Walton was mistreating them and not taking care of them the way that Beautiful Bentley did, it was more than that. Maybe it really was an act of retaliation. Of course, the latter option did sound a lot cooler and that's the one Kevin would want to hear and help with, so he nodded and even smiled a bit-- UNTIL, Kevin started with that impersonation.

Merlin almighty, help him please.

And before Zander could even do anything about it, his cheeks became a vibrant pink and he felt himself heating up. "HEY! I mean, hey!," Oops. Didn't need to blow his cover. "She's gone now Kevin... This-this has nothing to do with her," But it did. It had everything to do with Beautiful Bentley. Only Zander wasn't really aware of it and Kevin didn't need to be either. "You're starting to scare me again, Kevin... Like that time you pretended to be a mom," uuuh he was shivering just thinking about it. Kevin should just stick to being Kevin from now on because all the other options were kind of terrifying.

But anyways, "Well... I needed to get back at him some how..." he started. Trying to put the right spin on the situation so that Kevin would want to help. There was no way he was going to get all these plants out of here by himself. It'd take months!! And he didn't have months. "Besides, the poor plants were dying and I know I can treat them better.... So it's like a win-win," Wicked Walton would freak out because his plants were missing and the plants would be in way better care than with that nasty man. Everyone benefitted. Except Wicked Walton, but there was a reason for that. And then, when Kevin finally offered Zander felt a huge grin tug onto his face. Did he need help?? Did he ever!! "Yeah!!" he exclaimed excitedly, trying to keep as quiet as possibly despite the happiness. "And if we can find a way to smuggle up a bunch at one time that'd be good too." So what, the plan was a little under developed? "We just have to get them out as quickly as possible."

DuckyLinJi · 11-11-2014, 08:19 PM

Sure. This had nothing to do with Bentley. SUUUURE.

Kevin did not believe that for a second, because if it weren't for her, Zander wouldn't have bothered stealing the plants and...taking care of them? Gosh, he was such a good person, it made him nearly vomit. Even when he was breaking the rules , it was for a good cause. Well, Kevin figured he should be long glad that Zander was finally showing some kind of bravery. Because not everyone was cut out to be a thief. He vaguely wondered if Zander had a guilty conscience or not.

He chuckled when his friend raised his voice after he teased him but kept quiet after that. And as for his imitation being scary, he rolled his eyes with a grin. "Sure you need to get back at him! The man stole your woman's job AND he said you don't deserve to be a Gryffindor!" Kevin pep talk , YO! "Where do you want to hide the plants though? I mean, i stole Flailsteeds blanket once and hid it in a armor but they found it..." heh , that had been fun.

Listening to the older Gryffindor, Kevin came to realise that Zander hadn't thought his plan through which made him sigh out loud. "First rule of being a thief, is planning and destroying your evidence. Not...go in head first..." But that was why he was here because he had stolen so many things in his life aka candy from the stores , already he actually had a small record with the muggle police , which he was quite proud of. "What about the room of requirement?" it would be the perfect place to hide the plants if they thought of a greenhouse right?

ArianaBlack · 11-14-2014, 08:04 AM

SPOILER!!: HEHE

Yeah, Zander was pretty sure that Kevin bought 0% of anything he had just said, but at least he tried, you know? Kevin just knew him too well for that. And apparently the Gryffindor was a bad liar. Apparently. But mostly because Kevin knew how weird he got when it came to Beautiful Bentley. GAH. Snap out of it!! Hmph. How come everyone had to bring Beautiful Bentley up every time, it only made things worse and only made him get even more distracted than normal. Which was already a lot.

But right. Wicked Walton. "Yeah!" Kevin was right. He HAD stolen his woman's job AND the evil man insulted his househood. WICKED WALTON WAS GOING DOWN!!! Wait, had Kevin just called Beautiful Bentley his woman?! Heh. Definitely getting red in the cheeks now. Thanks. Ahem. Moving on. Where would they hide the plants?...... Erm. Well... Uh... If it wasn't obvious, Zander had no idea as to what he was doing and erm-well-uh the hiding part wasn't really planned out yet. "I thought maybe just in my room...?" But would that be too obvious? Especially after what Kevin said about the blanket and wait. Oops. He had helped find that thing. Uh. Yeah, nope. Not telling that to the younger Gryffindor. As long as Kevin was concerned, Zander took no part in the finding of that blanket. Nope. Not him.

But then, Kevin seemed to realize how unprepared Zander was and yeah, he should have seen that one coming. It was his first time being a rebel okay!!! And it felt kind of AWESOME-- not gonna lie. But then again, the conscience hadn't kicked in yet. Maybe it was because he was doing it to help the plants. Anyways, right the first rule was planning and destroying evidence? Wait!! "I'm not being a thief.... Just... Smuggling... But it's... Just one time?" Okay so maybe a thief. But that made it sound horrible and Wicked Walton was the horrible one not Zander Adair!!

Room of requirement?? That was.... Actually.. "Brilliant!" Maybe Kevin could come up with the plans from now on. And Zander would help with the execution... And the names. Operation Save the Plants and Revenge the Walton. See, how creative? "You think we could make it a greenhouse and get all these plants up there without Walton finding out?" HEH.

DuckyLinJi · 11-15-2014, 11:32 AM

..........Hide the plants in his room? Kevin facepalmed himself for real at Zander's stupidity. "Dude, you want me to make neon sign boards and arrows pointing at your room with the words "Greenhouse plants are here!" or something?" Really! Zander, was a good kid and Kevin liked him but sometimes.... "How are you even older than me?" he reminded him with a grin.

He looked inside the greenhouse and looked around at the plants. He wasn't a plant expert, he was more in to potions so maybe Zander could help HIM in finding out which plants were easy to carry without getting attacked by them? And as for his textbook, mweh , it would still be there when he had another lesson. It wasn't like he really cared about herbology homework anyways, he could always make up an excuse for not making it. Besides, stealing the plants was far more fun. Especially now that Zander had been the one with the orginal idea. And yet again, Kevin was impressed by his friend.

What he said next made him roll his eyes though. He was not a thief just a smuggler? Riiiight. "Do you even PLAN on giving the plants back to him?" hmm? why steal something and give it back later? That wasn't stealing that was borrowing. "If you didn't plan on stealing the plants like a thief, you would have told the Professor but by the way you're acting you didn't , so you're a thief. Welcome to the club" lololol

Ah yes, he knew his ideas were brilliant! Kevin nodded his head and looked at Zander. "Well, if the room can become a potions lab im sure it can become a greenhouse as well right? " But first they needed to carry more plants. "What about if one of us stands guard at the door while they other places the plants in a wheelbarrow? That way we can take more plants instead of just a few and with a cloth we'll cover it up?" he said, suggesting just something out of the top of his mind. "We'll figure out how to get them upstairs when we're in the castle?"

ArianaBlack · 11-17-2014, 06:24 AM

SPOILER!!: KingKevin

Zander couldn't help but laugh out loud a little bit. Okay, okay so maybe the room thing was a bad idea after all, but he was new to this whole bad boy act, okay!! And clearly Kevin was at least a little amused. Probably thought Zander was such an amateur, except he really was. And the fourth year even knew it himself. "Yeah, I'm not very good at this am I?" he chuckled. Well it was a really good thing that Kevin showed up because at least now there was a chance that he could actually get away with all of this.

Give the plants back? No way!! That defeated the purpose and surely Kevin realized that. So he just shook his head. But then, what Kevin said next.... It kind of made him feel the slightest bit-- Guilty. Zander Adair wasn't a thief! He was only doing it for the benefit of the plants. And to serve justice. And to... Yeah!! "I'm not a thief," he replied trying to convince himself more than he was trying to convince his friend. Then, dropping his head into submission he suddenly came to the realization, "Oh no, Kevin! I really am a thief aren't I!?" Couldn't he be like a robin hood? Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor? Except in this case it was more like stealing from the Wicked (Walton) and giving to the poor plants? Sorta...?

But he had to keep going. He was already here. It wasn't for him. It was for the plants, but also him BUT mostly for the plants okay!!! (Or not..)

As for the room of requirement though, that was the perfect spot. And the plan? That was pretty brilliant too. Merlin, how'd Kevin come up with this stuff. "Yeah! But wait a minute... Won't a cloth be kind of obvious?" What they needed was something to hide it all... Something to make everything invisible... Some sort of disguise... If only they had magic. WAIT A MINUTE-- "A disillusionment charm!! How about a disillusionment charm!?" DUH, Zander. That took you long enough. And the best part was that while Zander had read over the summer- it was just two books okay- one of them was one on herbology and the other was on his second favorite subject: CoMC. The Hippogriff section talked a lot about this particular spell, and luckily for them, Zander knew how to do it. Sort of. Well, he knew it but hadn't practiced before, ahem, anyways.

DaniDiNardo · 11-19-2014, 12:40 AM

The best time to do absolutely anything was in the dead of night when you were sure there would be no witnesses. That's why she had Zeke stay up with her after she'd ordered the other Firsties to sleep at curfew. He was coming adventuring with her, it's what she did with Firsties that she liked; giving them a real taste of the castle, not just that watered down go to class do homework eat your food type of thing.

"It's gonna be a little harder in this shoddy lighting but we can't afford 'lumos' in case the Professor's the type to stay out late and glance through his window." You just never knew how lonely a man was until he resorted to spying on children after midnight.

"Stick close to me and don't get anything eaten." Alexa was used to being up at all hours of the night but she didn't know if he was dead on his feet tired--if he was she'd send him BACK to the castle because this wasn't something she'd be willing to explain to the Healer later on, let alone Professor Walton.

Lex continued walking in the dim light until she came to the door of Greenhouse 7. This was the one.

Hera · 11-19-2014, 08:19 AM

He LOVED going outside at night. And he LOVED adventuring. And Lex was letting him do BTOH!!! She had specifically told him NOT to sleep! And coming from a Prefect, he had no choice but to listen, right? Like, her word was practically Hogwarts law. Besides, Lex was all sorts of awesome, and he didn't even want to think of a Hogwarts without her, so for this reason, he was SUPER KEEN to go adventuring with HER.

Zeke fumbled along a little behind Lex, trying to keep up as best he could. It WAS really dark though. "Professor's should sleep, they have class in the morning," he said matter-of-factly. Didn't old people need more sleep than them anyway? Still, it didn't matter. They were here, adventuring, and in the dark nobody would see them. Weeeeeeeee!!!!

He did keep closer to Lex now, and despite being in the dark and on the move, he nodded in reply to her command, "Uhuh, sure." He didn't have anything to be eaten anyway... unless she was talking about him? Was she? In which case, he rather much liked living.

Flesh eating plants sounded pretty awesome, and he hadn't seen one before. Or at least, nothing beyond the muggle fly-trap variety. This was definitely going to be WAYYY cooler than anything they'd looked at in class, and he could hardly wait. He had SO much energy from all the adrenalin and this is what adventuring did to him, so he was virtually buzzing beside Lex. "This it?" he asked when she stopped. Greenhouse 7. This was it yeah? "How do we get in? Do they leave windows open at night?"

DaniDiNardo · 11-19-2014, 12:54 PM

"Professors like him should disappear altogether." She corrected. Waltzing in here like he owned the place--which he did now that Bentley was gone--telling her she couldn't see the flesh eaters and that he didn't care what Bentley's standards were, she needed to prove herself to HIM. Like, what did he take her for? Alexa Christina Cambridge was a VERY competent witch and she did NOT take kindly to having a privilege she once possessed being revoked just because the man wore his knickers a bit too tight.

She gave a simple nod in the dark before remembering he probably wouldn't be able to see. "Yup, this is it. Home of the flesh eaters." Wasn't it wonderful? Had she been thinking she might have invited Lottie...but then her bestie might not have appreciated encroaching on Walton's space. She was of the opinion he was right to be cautious with letting people into this greenhouse. Pfft.

"When I asked, he said it's got a couple passwords on it and maybe a...spell..." Hang on.

Lex squinted in the dim light, not sure if she was seeing things but it looked like the door was OPEN. What?? She signalled for him to stay right where he was before stepping closer and closer until in fact she was inside! Just like that! Epic. The Gryffindor paused a moment, listening to make sure this was a simple mistake and not the Professor doing late night gardening. So far, this sounded safe. "Come on, it's all ours."

Hera · 11-20-2014, 01:01 PM

Disappear altogether? .. Wasn't that a bit morbid? Was morbid the right word???... Eh, either way, he didn't have anything against the man, he'd given him good enough grades to report home on. "Could feed him to a plant?" Zeke suggested, as the idea suddenly occurred to him as a possibility. A far-fetched one no doubt, but an idea nonetheless.

But pfft, who cared about Professor Walton when they had FLESH EATING PLANTS! Even just hearing Lex say so made the experience all the more exciting. "Are we feeding them? Can we feed them? Can I feed them?" he asked, spitting rapid-fire questions her way. Excited first year here, mind your step.

He supposed though that they wouldn't be climbing through a window, not with the whole talk of spells and passwords and things... that sounded... lame.. but then he watched Lex's reactions. Was that an OPEN door? Like... wasn't this a sign that it was MEAN TO BE?!... Obviously it was. Open and all, practically inviting them in.It was kind of a shame, he liked the idea of 'breaking and entering', but Emily might disapprove less this way. He'd make a point of not letting her find out.

"Don't have to ask me twice," he replied, quick on her heels to enter the AH-MAZING greenhouse that he had to see for himself. Weeeeeeeee! Where was the meat?!

DaniDiNardo · 11-20-2014, 01:18 PM

SPOILER!!: Eager Minion

Alexa almost snorted at the innitiative Zeke had taken in planning the Professor's demise. Tthat and the fact it was already done. "We've lost two Professors to man eating plants before, reckon losing a third wouldn't hurt...though I suspect it'd send the school into panic again." But not for them, because they'd know better. How good was Zeke at acting terrified after the fact? It might come in handy...but anywaaaay, fleshies!

"I think they might have already been fed for today." She considered as she steadily and cautiously made her way in the poor lighting. It was hardly possible to see more than a few feet in front of them and she didn't plan to make herself an easy target. "But a treat never hurt anyone and who knows, he might be as stingy with food as he is with permission." Poor things might actually have been starving if you'll believe it!

Now that the idea of feeding had come up, Alexa veered off to the left, grabbing Zeke and taking him with her for his own good. The food was this way. Raw meat wasn't the usual sent at this time of the morning given she was usually down in the kitchen where everything was cooked but it was fine. This in itself was thrilling.

Lex grabbed a bucket from the small shed and threw some smaller chunks of meat that wouldn't be missed into it. "You can hold this since your so keen on things--but if at any point you feel like you're being watched or something's looming up behind you, something probably is and you should hand me the bucket." Was that clear? These things had a tendency to follow the scent of meat. A bucket of meat and a First Year to boot would make for some VERY happy fleshies and an even more screwed Head Girl.

Come to think of it, she'd probably made him the next target giving him the bucket like she did....but Zeke was smart enough to know when he was being stalked...she hoped.

DuckyLinJi · 11-20-2014, 03:31 PM

SPOILER!!: Zander the plant thief XDr

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Zander couldn't help but laugh out loud a little bit. Okay, okay so maybe the room thing was a bad idea after all, but he was new to this whole bad boy act, okay!! And clearly Kevin was at least a little amused. Probably thought Zander was such an amateur, except he really was. And the fourth year even knew it himself. "Yeah, I'm not very good at this am I?" he chuckled. Well it was a really good thing that Kevin showed up because at least now there was a chance that he could actually get away with all of this.

Give the plants back? No way!! That defeated the purpose and surely Kevin realized that. So he just shook his head. But then, what Kevin said next.... It kind of made him feel the slightest bit-- Guilty. Zander Adair wasn't a thief! He was only doing it for the benefit of the plants. And to serve justice. And to... Yeah!! "I'm not a thief," he replied trying to convince himself more than he was trying to convince his friend. Then, dropping his head into submission he suddenly came to the realization, "Oh no, Kevin! I really am a thief aren't I!?" Couldn't he be like a robin hood? Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor? Except in this case it was more like stealing from the Wicked (Walton) and giving to the poor plants? Sorta...?

But he had to keep going. He was already here. It wasn't for him. It was for the plants, but also him BUT mostly for the plants okay!!! (Or not..)

As for the room of requirement though, that was the perfect spot. And the plan? That was pretty brilliant too. Merlin, how'd Kevin come up with this stuff. "Yeah! But wait a minute... Won't a cloth be kind of obvious?" What they needed was something to hide it all... Something to make everything invisible... Some sort of disguise... If only they had magic. WAIT A MINUTE-- "A disillusionment charm!! How about a disillusionment charm!?" DUH, Zander. That took you long enough. And the best part was that while Zander had read over the summer- it was just two books okay- one of them was one on herbology and the other was on his second favorite subject: CoMC. The Hippogriff section talked a lot about this particular spell, and luckily for them, Zander knew how to do it. Sort of. Well, he knew it but hadn't practiced before, ahem, anyways.
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Zander was right about one thing. He really wasn't good in this whole stealing thing. But Kevin was already impressed that he was stealing something. Was he really that much of a bad infuence? cool! "Yep, you're horrible" he said with a laugh that was a bit too loud and he quickly looked around for any sign of Walton or a student who would tell on them.

Turning back to face Zander, sighed loudly and patted his shoulder. "You are a thief now, don't deny it besides , maybe we'll be in prison cells together in azkaban one day!" he was joking by the way. Of course he would never want to get in there. Eeeeeeh....yeah a cloth would be pretty obvious since anyone would want to ask what was under it. He would. Thinking as well for a better solution, Kevin clapped his hands once and pointed with two fingers at his friend. "See! you're already learning" There was just one little problem.

"Sooo... you do that disillium something spell" he frowned. "Okay?" Yeah, he was not telling that he had no idea what that spell was. Had they learned that spell in class before? If so..he couldn't remember. "Is it to make things invisible?" ...............he just told him he had no clue what that spell was , didn't he? oops.

Stepping further in to the greenhouse, the Gryffindor took out his wand and pointed it at nothing in particular. "Accio wheelbarrow!" ..........."Accio wheelbarrow"....."Accio..OH COME ON!" He sighed aggressively and nearly threw his wand on the ground when the spell hadn't worked. Without saying anything, he walked to the end of the greenhouse to grab the wheelbarrow. "We can levitate the plants in here right?" he asked from the other side of the room.

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